Page 1 : 28, , Messages, Message, , is, , one, , of the many ways of communication, , which is commonly informal. We write messages to, convey some important information to our friends,, , family members, neighbours or even the milkman and, the newspaper boy. Messages are sometimes based on, , telephone conversation too., , Important features:, Messages should be written as briefly as possible., , Messages should be written in a simplelanguage, The word 'Message' should be written on the, top, The date and time should be written, hand side., , on, , the left, , Read the message below., Santanu is leaving for Delhi, but hasn't been able to, tell his wife to pay the electric bill and the, mobile bills., Since his wife is not at home, he decides to leave, a, for, his, wife., message, Here is the, message Santanu,, writes for his wife., , 7th July,10.30 am, , Message, , Manisha,, lam leaving for Delhi, FRI, , mobile and, , telephone bills before 15th July., , Bye and take care., , Santanu, 154, , urgently. Please pay the

Page 2 : conversation., following tele, telephone conversation between Sushma, hellowing, based, , telephone, , on, , age, , and Shalini., : Hello! MayIknow who is speaking? I want to talk to Manav., , R e at, dh e, , sSHMA, , H e l l o, , e, , SALINI, , me., , Shalini., , Manav has, gone, , the market. Is, Sushma. Il work with Manav. I anything urgent?, hShalini!, am his friend. Can, you, take, ke this message for him? It's urgent., , S U S H M A O h ,S h a l i n, , I, , to, , am, , Of course! Tell me what is it2, SHALINI, SUSHMA, , .Will you please, , Wil, , an, , aCcident?, , tell him that, , He has been, , Ashwin, a colleague of ours, has, , admitted, , to Vallabh Bhai, surgery, going, tomorrow morning., Ok Sushma, I'lgive your mesage, don't, I, going t, o, to, , have, , a, , of danger., , SUSHM, , Yes,, Shalini, he is out of danger, Yes, Shalir, the message to Manav., , SuALINI, , Yes, I will surely. Good night., , Since, , Shalini has, , decides, , to, , write, , a, , 15th June, 8.p.m, , Hospital, , worry. hope Ashwin, , SHALI, INI, , now., , But he is very weak., , with, and is, , met, , is, , out, , Bye. Convey, , leave for her music, classes, and she won't meet Manav, she, message for him. Here is the message Shalini writes:, , to, , Message, , Manav,, Your friend, , Sushma called to tell you that Ashwin had, met with an accident. He is, 3dmitted to Vallabh Bhai, He, will, Hospital., have, an, 1old me that, operation tomorrow morning. She, he was out of, danger, but weak., , Bye,Take care!, Shalini, , Iercises, ipasha is leaving, leaving for Raipur for one week. Since she planned the trip, , she co, , suddenly,, decido, des to ot inform her neighbour whose house key is with her. Therefore, she, aa note, n, for Mrs. Sharma, her, sudden leave, tri leave, neighbour, telling her about her, and, that she has left the key, Sap, with the caretaker. As Bipasha, write the, message Or Mrs Sharma, telling her to collect, the keys from the caretaker., 155

Page 3 : forgot, , San, , to, , tell his mother that his father informed that he would not come, he has to leave for his coaching classes, he leaves a message, , in the evening. Since, , teling her not to wait, message on behalf of Sandeep., for his mother, , 3., 3., , for his, , father in the evening. Write down this, , Following is a telephone conversation between Priya and Deepa., PRIYA, , :, , Hello! This is Deepa, , calling., , Can, , I speak to Aryan?, , DEEPA: Deepa! This is Priya. Aryan has gone to the market. You can tell me,, , Tll convey your message to him., PRIYA, , Deepa, will you please tell Aryan that I will wait for him near Market 2,, CR Park with the Science Project copy? Tell him to meet me there at, 10.30 am sharp tomorrow as I have to leave for Manali at 11.00 am., , DEEPA, , Sure, I will tell him that., , PRIYA, , No, thank you., , Anything else?, , Deepa has to leave for his work. So she leaves a message for Aryan. Write this, message for him., 4., , Read the following telephone conversation between Vinita and Mr Mehra., VINITA, , :Hello! Can I speak to Nikhil? This is Vinita calling., MR MEHRA : Vinita, Nikhil is not at home. Is, anything urgent? I am his uncle, you, can give me the, message., : Uncle, will you, VINITA, please tell Nikhil that the party which we planned for, tomorrow has been, , MR MEHRA, , VINITA, , postponed? We shall, , have it next, Sure, I will tell him. Don't worry. Anything else?, , Saturday., , : No, that's all. Thank you, Uncle., , On behalf of Mr, , Mehra,, , write, before Nikhil comes home., , a, , message for Nikhil because Mr Mehra will, , go away, , SMS, Short, , Message Service or SMS is commonly rererred to as text, , common, , and convenient way of, , mobile phone is, , sending messages, , integral commodity, provided by telephone and mobile services., , 156, , an, , and SMS, , in, , is a, , the, , messaging., , It is the most, , modern time. Nowadays,, useful service, component

Page 4 : rtant f e a t r e s :, , SMS c a n n o t, , SMS, , in, , S, , M, , S, , n, , sM, , e, , while, , CMS, , ca, , c o n t a i more than, , 160, , characters., , d, , precise, be short a, imd t h a t the message is clear. Take care that the message doesn't get, , , A m e s s a g e, , e, , d, , s, , to, , using, , allows, , too, , some, , many short words, , shortened, , form, , ofwords, e.g-,, , c o z is u s e d i n, , place, , of, , *because, , S p e c i m e n ,, , ore a r e, , few, , a, , 2, late 4, Will b, 4, Dont wait, , Cannot come to office today, beoz of fever. Plz inform the, , home, dinner, , boss., , Exercises, , Write, pm, , an, , SMS, , you, , as, , to, , have, , your friend, , bought, , telling, , tickets, , for, , a, , him, , to, , meet, , you, , at, , Connaught, , Piace, , him t h a t your brother is not well., SMS to your colleague telling, h, a v e t o t a k e himn t o t h e h o s p i t a l ., w, i, l, l, a, s, o, f, f, i, c, e, you, today, will be l a t e f o r, , Write, , 3., , 0, , So, , you, , an, , t o t h e s e c r e t a r y o f y o u r family physician, 2019., appointment with t h e d o c t o on 8th September, , Write, , 2., , at, , movie,, , an, , SMS, , S, , write a n, to your aunt, your s u m m e r v a c a t i o n, , S, , telling, , h e r t h a t you wilI be, , asking, , her, , coming, , to, , to, , fx, , visit, , an, , her, , dunng, , Write an SMS to your school friends informins, them a b o u t t h e change i n y o u r birthday Party, venue., , Ouare getting late for your friend's pary. write, the same and, e ntorming him/her about, , abo, , y o u r expected t i m e, , of arrival., , s

Page 5 : 29, , Reports, A report is written to provide an eyewitness account af, , certain happenings or events., , Important features:, , A report should always have a good headline to, attract, , the attention of the readers., , A report should be written after careful observation, , including all important details., A report should be brief and precise and should, avoid ornamental use of words., The, , reporter's name should, , be, , placed below the, , headline., The report should be written as a third person, account., , Personal, , opinion of the writer should, , be avoided, , while writing a report., , How to go about it, The key elements of a news report are:, , 1., , Headline, , Catches your attention, Sums up the story, , 2., , Byline, Writer's name, , .Writer's specility, e.g. sports, for currenteven, 3., , Placeline, , .Wherethe story begins, , 158

Page 6 : The o p e n i n g s e c t i o n, e a d, , GmOst, , important information, , Gves, , answer, Should,, ld, , most, , of the 5W's (where, when, what, why,, , who), , Body, , Supplies, detail, , Most, Adds, , important, 'at the, , details c o m e, , scene', , first, , feeling, , for your, few reports, , understanding., , are a few, , are a, , ronort on a, , tragic, , train, , accident,, , to be, , published in, , a, , leading, , newspaper, , Draft., , Chaturbedi., , ou, , are, , Anurag, , Key points, time, Place and appropriate, ., , of the incident, , Name of the trains, , Route, Persons, , injured and killed, , of the incident as, .Police enquiry, .Details, , per the eyewitness, , and Leaves, Train Accident Kills Five, , Many Injured, , By: Anurag Chaturbedi, , Copalganj, May 7th, , Bihar was, , derailed, , in, from Darbhanga, w e r e fast asleeP, bound for Bhopal, the passengers, of, imgiri Express, Most, tracks, four., at about, and fell offthe, in the, morning, detached, early, y, are, Several bogies got, Five persons, report., Ey Suddenly felt the jolt., official, to, in, according to the, According, tne, than a hundred, report., official, the, more, the, when, to, according, morning,, the, to have been killed, fast, a . m . in, around 4, Ea, very, coming, occurred at, train, the, ofche, fields s a w, vinesses, the incident, , arme, mers who had, , nd oor, , already, , come, , to, , their, , paddy, , The villagers, , immediately, , and getting suddenly, department, ictim, the railway, from, ctims before the officials, of the, the, find, inqu y has been set up, derailed., , the, rushed to, , reached, , accident., , cause, , to, , out, , the, , rescue, , S, te, sIe, , accident:

Page 7 : 2, , TOu are, , Anshul Arora, the Science Club Secretary of St Peter's English Medium, , xhibition that, , School, Dibrugarh. Write a report on the recent Interschool Science Exnibition that, was, , held in your school., , Key points, Date and venue, Number of participating schools, , Winners ofthe event, , Guests and the prize distribution, Interschool Science Exhibition Competition, By: Anshul Arora, , St Peter's, , English, , Medium School, July 10, , school conference hall on the 9th, An Interschool Science Exhibition was held in our, in this exhibition. Each, and 10th ofJuly. Twelve schools from the city participated, some models., some were charts and, school presented four displays out of which, came, were Science teachers who, There were some working models too. The judges, , from Kendriya Vidyalaya., while, In one, only the charts were presented, groups of display., The first prize was bagged by the, in the second group models were displayed., The second and third prize went to, students of Sarojini Naidu Girls' School., for the Best, a, of DAV Public School. Our school bagged prize, , There, , the, , were two, , boys, , Working Model., the occasion, The District Commissioner graced, the, gave away, , 3., , As, , as, , the, , chief guest and also, , prize to the winners., , Prasad, draft a report on, , the recent, , cyclone that claimed lives in, , Key points, Location, , .The shocking experience, .Describe the fearful situation, , .Rescue work and relief provided, , your, , city.

Page 8 : Hudhud Cyclone, hits the, one hits, , coastal city, , By: Prasad, , of, , Vishkapatnam, , Name,p l a c e , d a t e :, , the coastal, , terday, t h e, hakapatnam, aiy, o f, Vish., , Pradesh, , Andhra Pra, , severe, , was, , cyclone,, , i, , a, , hitby, , t o r e through, Jdhud. It, the, bringing, , the, , city,, , hUstling, , city, , che, , of 20, , lakh, , nd, h a l t aand, , to a, , people, cauSing damage worth, , 21,908 crore, according, to, , the, , Andhra, , Pradesh, , governiment., , before landfall near Visakhapatnam, Hudhud reached its, peak strength, ceds of 175 km/h. Then it moved northwards towards Uttar, Pradesh, Veoal. It caused the deaths of 124 people, mostly in Andhra Pradesh and and, , The cyclone also, , caused avalanches and, , The cyclone sent, , hoardings and tin, , roofs, , flying like saucers in, , Vishakhapatnam., covered with broken glass in no time., statues, Many, toppled, and, and telephone poles were also knocked down., Big trees were, , The streets, , electricity, , Nepal., , heavy snowfall in Nepal., , were, , uprooted., accompanied by heavy rainfall which lashed the city. All essential, services, were, disrupted. All government authorities, NGOs and volunteers have begun relief, , This was, , wOrk in the, te a, , city., , news, , report, , on, , the, , recent success of, , Indian cricket, , as a, , sports reporter., , Another win, another celebration, Name of the, The Indian student, cricket, thethe 116th, on Saturday,, added, to its scored, the, marInter, sianteam,, Cricket, tournament., Theanother, captain,feather, MS Dhoni,, century, winning, cap by a, , in the, Sxer andmatch against Sri Lanka, , in the city of Mohali. In the last over, he scored a, Lanka lost the match by four wickets. Kohli took five wickets. In the Si, am., eam. A , the captain Angelo Mathews gave tough competition to tne inndian, , ankan tean, , After this, , Team India, looks fonward their, Australia aa r ewin,, a d y preparing to keep the winningstreak on., now, , to, , next tournamentin

Page 9 : Exercises, Oddy, Some, , Oy, , dTd, , diso an, , of, , school, , were, , after rhe school got, , just, , outsiders, , some, , boys, , vour, , eyewitness, , Your teacher has, , beaten badly, , over., , You, , asked you, , are, , Pranay,, , to Write a, , school, school, , the, , outside, , the, , gate, , oar, , school prefec, , rePort, , on, , whatever, , happened., Key points, .Placeand time, , .The boys involved, Kind ofmisbehaviour, , .Howdid it end, .2, , Write, , a, , report, , on, , rocked Nepal., the earthquake that, article about a person, , 3, , Imagine you, , are, , has received the, , 4, , Write, , a, , Write an, the reporter of a sport daily., in a prestigious sports, first position in her/his sport, , book report,, , characters, the, , noting the, , setting, , name, , who, , event., , the major, of the book, the author,, , of the book and, , a, , short summary ofthe, , book., , that the person, , 5., , the area(s), explorer, describing, Write a report, trip(s), why they chose, the, highlights, traveled,, of, explored, when the expedition(s), and the results of the exploration., on a, , the, , 6., 6., , routes, , famous, , they did,, , on creative writing, organized a one day workshop, Company, in, Publishing, write a report to be published, school,, your, of, Captain, a, skills. As Literary, , India, , school magaz1ne., Environment, , 7., , 8., , World, Your school organized, school magazine., published in the, , You, , are a, , camp, , organized by, , t h e samne., , C162, , reporter of, , a famous, , the, , Day recently., , newspaper. You, , Ayush Ministry at, , were, , Public, , Write, , asked to, , Stadium,, , a, , report, , cover, , to, , be, , the health, , Agra. Write a report